Recognizing
the need for greater dialogue within Israeli society, in particular with the
Israeli medical community. Physicians for Human
Rights- Israel
established a Public Outreach Department at the end of 2010 to increase its
educational outreach, recruit new members, and increase the engagement of
volunteers and members in our work. The Public Outreach Department holds periodic
parlor meetings and other informational gatherings, lectures for student
audiences, especially those specializing in medical and welfare studies, provides
training for activists, and updates our members and sunbscribers of
PHR-Israel's ongoing work, challenges and achievements.
We invite you
to write to us and to join us in shaping our shared future.
for questions or details please contact us: iman@phr.org.il; hadas@phr.org.il
In the Spirit of Passover, Help PHR-Israel Defend the Health Rights of Refugees
Your support enables us to provide direct medical care to refugees and asylum seekers in our Open Clinic; to issue expert medical testimonies that prevent the deportation of critically ill patients and their families; to lobby the Ministry of Health and Members of Knesset (Parliament) to grant social residency, including health and welfare services, to victims of torture; and toact as ambassadors of change within our profession, training colleagues and medical students on medical ethics and the specific medical needs of asylum seekers.
Celebrate 25 Years of Human Rights Advocacy with a Donation to Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
Over the past 25 years, PHR-Israel’s dedicated members and volunteers have worked nonstop to defend human rights, express solidarity with society’s most vulnerable members, and oppose Israel’s ongoing military occupation. Each week, they join our Mobile Clinic, traveling throughout the West Bank to provide medical care to Palestinians living in rural areas.
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel General Assembly, May 2012: President’s Speech
"A human rights organization is a political, radical organization by nature. We are political in that we want to bring about social change, shake the political structure which oppresses Palestinians in the Occupied Territory, and migrant workers, women, the elderly, refugees and other groups inside Israel. In our view, joining forces with the existing, oppressive, power structure necessarily prevents the much needed change."
In view of the upcoming adoption of the country human right strategy for Israel, PHR Israel, Adalah, the Public Committee against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Amnesty Intl. (Israel) made observations and recommendations as to Israel's policy towards human right.
Dylan Collins: The Battle for Emergency Services in East Jerusalem
From 1967 up until 2005 Israel’s emergency evacuation service, Magen
David Adom, was responsible for all ambulance transportation
within greater Jerusalem. During this period, emergency services in the
Arab neighborhoods of East Jerusalem were irregular if not completely
absent.
Physicians for Human Rights - Israel message of support and solidarity with the people of Syria in their brave struggle for freedom, human rights and dignity
Israeli Human Rights Groups Call to Lift Travel Ban Against Palestinian Human Rights Defender
Israel's Supreme Court today will hear a petition filed by Shawan
Jabarin, General Director of the human rights organization Al-Haq,
against atravel ban that, based on classified information, has prevented
him from leaving the West Bank for the past six years.
Happy Holidays from Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
Happy Holidays from the Staff and Board of Physicians
for Human Rights-Israel.
With thanks for your help in raising health equity as a
key issue in 2011, and for contributing to a transformed atmosphere for the work
that PHR-Israel is doing and will continue to do in 2012, and beyond.
They see them as infiltrators; I see them as refugees
What more must happen in Sinai for Israel to demand that Egypt stop firing on asylum seekers attempting to cross the border into Israel? What more must Israeli citizens hear in order to open their hearts and fences to people fleeing torture, rape and now, so it seems, even being murdered to steal their organs for transplant? Apparently quite a lot more - too much more. (Hadas Ziv, director of public outreach. photograph: Zaq, ActiveStills)
Another Bill in the Wall: on a new bill to restrict funding: JNEWS
JNews: "The new version follows the freezing of the voting process on a previous version by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu last week, due to public criticism of the bill by the international community including the US, EU and UK."
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel has submitted input to the European Union for its European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) annual country progress report on Israel for 2011. The input outlines health rights issues within Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as well as recent challenges to freedom of assembly, association and expression in Israel.
The conference, organized by Rosa Luxembourg foundation in Brussels under the title: "Consciousness raising and prevention in the struggle against violence and war"
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel has submitted input to the European Union for its European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) annual country progress report on Israel for 2011. The input outlines health rights issues within Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as well as recent challenges to freedom of assembly, association and expression in Israel.
NYT: Israeli Government Backs Limits on Financing for Nonprofit Groups
New York Times: committee of Israeli cabinet ministers voted Sunday to back two bills aimed at curtailing the support of left-wing nonprofit groups from foreign governments. full article
Urgent Call: New Bills to Curtail the Work of Israeli Civil Society Organizations
Sunday, November 13th, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation will vote on two bills that are intended to curtail the work of Israeli civil society organizations by severely restricting their foreign state entity funding. 18 civil society organization protest these bills.
Dr. Ruchama Marton Lecture at APHA annual confrence
Ruchama Marton, MD, President & Founder Physicians for Human Rights – Israel:"Working together in solidarity: advancement of public health and human rights in Israel and the oPt",
APHA 139th Annual Meeting, October 29 - November 2, Washington, DC.
The declaration of the State ofPalestine must not be used as an excuse to drag the region into violence. Thegovernment of Israel and its security forces must address protest actions andunarmed demonstrations as legitimate civil actions and enable them to proceedfreely, say 6 civil and human rights organizations.
Dr. Shiri Tenenboim speaks for the right to health for all on theMarch of the Million Speech. "There is more to health than medicine and the struggle for a public health system is more than a struggle for better medicine. It's about the very right to health."
PHR – Israel has set up a first-aid tent on Rothschild taking part in the struggle for social justice. While its volunteers are able to provide first-aid to those around the tent city who may need them, they are no less members of the protests, and bring in PHR-Israel's special emphasis on equality in health.
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel, Adalah, and the Coalition of Women for Peace pointed to the "absurd result" that "a boycott call by the residents of East Jerusalem against the settlements" would give settlers the right "to demand compensation from victims of the occupation."
Anti-boycott law effectively a legal annexation of the West Bank
A new Israeli law passed on Monday prohibits boycott of businesses, universities, and social and cultural institutions based in Israel and the illegal settlements, and imposes heavy financial sanctions against civil society organisations and businesses that participate in boycotts.
PHR board members: We are aware of the complex environment in which the State of Israel exists, yet as human rights activists, we do not accept this deliberate violation of basic human rights. As citizens, we are convinced that there is no other way to contend with this law but to engage in civil disobedience.
Around 40 people participated in a tour (May 27th 2011) to south Hebron area. The tour organized jointly by PHR Israel, Solidarity and Ta’ayush, exposed the collaboration of settlers, army, and civil administration in dispossessing Palestinians of their lands and livelihood. Read More
12.05.2011
International Nurses Day - ‘Closing the gap: increasing access and equity'
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The theme for 2011 is ‘Closing the gap: increasing access and equity’.
